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Latest stories are that the entire RAF Tornado fleet may be retired. The £7.5bn 'saved' may help pay for a Trident replacement. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298871/RAF-Tornado-fleet-faces-axe-bid-save-7bn.html This is still speculative (the 'leak' was hardly an agreed policy...

Model of Armstrong Whitworth AW.56 Source: http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/FW/RAF-fw.htm

We may need a thread dedicated to Armstrong Whitworth aircraft. Here is the AW drawing for Armstrong Whitworth B.1/39. Drawing date is 3/6/39. Dwg No. is AW9186? (last number is cut off in this photo) I have also added a favorite detail image, showing the location of twelve large bombs. * I had...

Hi All, Tried the search function and didn't find anything, Likewise tried searches on the net, zilch.. nada... I am after a drawing of the gloster F9/37 with the peregrine engines fitted, anyone seen any, or know of a link ? cheers Jerry

Apparently no-one has yet tackled the subject on this forum, so here is my contribution. After days of research, it seems that there is no chance of ever filling the gaps in this list as even the sources of the time and the resources available do not give the type numbers for many A.W.A...

I have a question based on a comment one of my professors made whilst I was still at University relating to the Yellow Sun and the Avro Vulcan. The suggestion was that for the Yellow Sun Mk2 the decision was taken to reuse the the Mk1 casing despite the fact that it was considerably oversized...

First of all, this is my very first post on this forum and while I know that no topic will be entirely original (you guys have been at this some time!) I have done a search for RAF 1946 and didn't find anything, so... I get a bit riled at digital documentary channels and their obsession with...

Mystery UK Missile? Document referring to 1955 talk/discussions in Australia in which it was suggested that a total of twenty-five rounds be allocated as backup and practice rounds to support seven nuclear tipped hard site (silo based) operational missiles to be deployed by the Australians...

Does anyone have a three view? There was one but the site, now, disapeared. I also need info about the butterfly tail version. Thanks Pepe

In an article for Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, on UK launchers, Nicholas Hill comments on the slow development of Blue Streak compared to its US and Soviet counterparts. He says 'A figure of seventeen months is often quoted for the time from inception to first flight for the...

I was wondering...(always a bad sign)... The Defiant proved quite effective for a short time, until Luftwaffe crews quickly learned its limitations. How good a fighter might the Defiant have proved if it had been designed from the outset to have a more conventional armament arrangement rather...

Hey all, remember the Blackburn B.20 with the retractable hull? Anyone seen any good pics of her?

In another topic, Boogey asked "for any draught of British bomber project Short S.36 Super Stirling on the Air Ministry specification No B.8/41. It would be also fine to look at the Short S.34 Modified Stirling." British Secret Projects has a 3-view drawing of the Short S.36 'Super Stirling' on...

Does anyone have any good pics of the Saro A.33 flying boat to the same R.2/33 Specification as the Short Sunderland?

I was reading Vickers Aircraft Since 1908 and it mentioned a disposable engine for advanced bomber project in 1951 for Vickers SP1. There was no details I checked Tony Buttler's projects and if it is there, I missed it. Does anybody have any information?

With the recent Supermarine list I tried to get a Vickers list from the inromaftion in limited my library. The list is far from complete and is offered here as a start. I will load it up in groups. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Refer EFB-1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27...

New book coming soon. See attached flyer and cover image. It's in the final stages of production, and rests on a decade of research in archives, interviews with the engineers and experience of working on related projects. Comments/questions welcome.

Afternoon all I am after a 3-view drawing of the Gloster E1/44 (GA.1 / GA.2) Ace early jet fighter project. From what I have read on the net, it was 33 per cent heavier, but 100mph faster than the Vampire! Regards in advance Pionner

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Lancaster High Speed Mail Plane (pre Lancastrian?) I Not sure if this counts as secret, or cancelled, or evolved? Most of the reference to the Lancaster High Speed Mail Plane refer to the Lancastrian. however the following book, on Page 41 has a small drawing of an alternative design, now I...